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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, digitized by the Internet Archive, holds Congressman Gerald R. Ford's Fifth District weekly radio scripts from January to June 1966, plus several National Republican Congressional Committee scripts. They deal with President Johnson's budget, inflation, four-year House terms, electoral college reform, foreign aid, the Vietnam War, rent subsidies and Memorial Day. The extracted text does not discuss UFOs.
5~~~ \;AA NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMM ITTEE • 312 CONGRESSIONAL HOTEL • WASHINGTON 3 . D. C • LINCOLN 4 -3010 Script No.6 February 21, 1966 A LITTLE INFLATION? This is Congressman reporting to you from Washington. ------- Today, I want to discuss with you one of the ••••.._political gimmicks of our time. •• a J: a d t.t,, I sUppose, by ibffi! IIG&ibl pelsila :sl If expo: I% It is a gimmick that has cost the American people plenty. The gimmick Is this: When some branch of the Federal Government--or some policy of the Federal Government--is likely to prove unpopular1 It can be made palatable by giving It a respectable-sounding, fancy, technical label or name. For Instance, the old-fashioned and un- popular title, 11tax-collector 11--unpopular since the day that Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that we, the world, should be taxed--has been changed to the rather awe-inspiring "Internal Revenue Agent." But don 1t let that fool you. He's still the tax-collector--and he still collects and collects and collects. A policy that has cost the American people plenty--one which has been made somewhat acceptable and cfmost respectable by a technical label--Is the policy of creeping inflation. It was sold to the American people by the slogan ••a little inflation won't hurt you." For a moment 1 let us consider the words 11a little inflation" and ask ourselves how little Is little? Consider these figures: Between December, 1961, and December, 1965, the cost of such househo~d staples as 'be>~$ role 50 per cent. Pork chops rose 23 per cent. These are national averages, by the way, In many porta of the country pi'tees tnereosed even more. The price of potatoes rose 21 per cent • Coffee rose 15 per cent, eggs slightly over 10 per cent. Non-food household necessities and ser- vices also took a sharp rise. The price of men's shoes iumped 12 per cent. The dry-cleaning bill mr a man's suit increased by eight per cent. A man's hatr cut, a woman's permanent W?'f& .... (/ creased in price by II per cent. Cigarette prices also rose It per cent and adult movi udmisstons 17 per cent. (more)
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